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Did this happen to you?
Hello mangago community I have a question about virtual kidnapping scams. Did this happen to you, your family or friends? Because I have a story to tell about this scamming thing.
In June 2 of this year, my tia got a scam call saying I was “kidnapped” by a cartel in Mexico. My tia thinking this was true because she never experience it said my real name. And when the scammers got my name they said something about how I will never be back home and I would die if they don’t pay this amount of money. And my tia was panicking and told my dad about this number. And he got the phone number because my tia send it to him. And he was talking to the scammers and they were saying this fucked up shit about how I was gonna die and how they need 50,000 grand or I will die. And my dad called the school and told them to get me on the line. And for me my day was going alright until my teacher said to go to the office because they need me. At first I was like what did I do wrong am I in trouble and he said it’s something and I refused to go because I though I was in trouble but he told me to go w someone, so me and the person went to the office to see what’s going on. And when one of the ladies gave me the phone they told me that my dads calling me and I was like why and I got the phone and started to talk to him and he told me that I was in Mexico being threatened by a cartel, and when I heard those lines am like wtf am right here in school and after talking to him for a while he told me that he’ll deal with the situation and I was like alright. And at that point I was like really confused and about to cry for some reason and after I got that call I was so out of touch with reality because I never felt this. And when the bell rang I was literally having a panick attack when walking home because the fear of someone watching me was eating me alive. But I arrived home and everything was ok I hugged my tia and others in the house and told them I was alright for now. And after that day I was like wtf.
